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Borland Backs Down

Posted by timothy on from the oh-ok-you're-only-entering-my-business dept.

Danborg writes: "Borland has backed down from its horrible Kylix/JBuilder license after all the bad press they received on Slashdot and Freshmeat. You may now all resume using Kylix and/or JBuilder. Seriously though, it's good to see a company respond to the voices of the online community, and admit it made a mistake. Good job Borland."

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  1. Lawyers... by MosesJones · · Score: 3, Informative


    "Industry standard boilerplate"

    Also reads as "Lawyers just cut and paste and didn't actually bother working out what it was for"

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  2. Not Good Enough by wayn3 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Think about it: an independent developer would HAVE to employ a lawyer to deal with licensing schemes like Borland's Enterprise license.

    This is not industry standard boilerplate, but lazyness: they're avoid working with customers to figure out better licensing terms.

  3. Congratulations jerw134!!! by snake_dad · · Score: 4, Informative

    You, jerw134 have won eternal fame among your fellow slashdotters for this accurate prediction !

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  4. Re:On Kylix and CLX by NavySpy · · Score: 4, Informative
    There haven't been updates in weeks.

    That is true, but it is very unfair to characterize it as abandoned. Mark Duncan of Borland R&D, and the main author and maintainer of CLX has been very responsive to bug reports in the Borland Newsgroups. He may not have done much over the holidays, but Borland has done a remarkable job of keeping FreeCLX updated.